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Thread Number: 36114
washing machines-how did you become to like them? |
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| Post# 538526 , Reply# 2 8/21/2011 at 13:49 (4,772 days old) by aquarius8000 () | ||
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Thanks. do you have a pic? | ||
| Post# 538534 , Reply# 3 8/21/2011 at 14:44 (4,772 days old) by virabhadrasana (France / Italy) | ||
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Hi Unfurtunately I don't. When I want to see some pics of these machines because I miss them, I have to go to You Tube:( | ||
| Post# 538537 , Reply# 4 8/21/2011 at 14:52 (4,772 days old) by aquarius8000 () | ||
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Why not try google or your homepages search eingine? | ||
Post# 538711 , Reply# 5 8/22/2011 at 09:20 (4,771 days old) by Tomturbomatic  (Beltsville, MD) |
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Like some other things I have, I was just born with it. | ||
| Post# 538737 , Reply# 6 8/22/2011 at 10:42 (4,771 days old) by paulc (Edinburgh, Scotland) | ||
My Mum used to get me to help her on washday, this started when I was about 4 years old. She used to hand me clothes out the basket and tell me what pile to put them in. I would then help her put a load on to wash in the Supermatic, once done I would help her rinse the load and then fold it ready to be hung out or on the pulley if the weather was bad. I became really fascinated with washers when my Aunty got an indesit L5 automatic. I would sit and watch that machine through a full cycle and loved the drama of the spin drain. Over the years I collected many brochures and used to look over them every night trying to decide which machine I would have if I were a grown up. Unfortunately I was made the get rid of the brochures when we moved to Scotland. I took over sole responsibility for the family wash from the age of 11 and washed every week in a twin tub. I bought my Mum and Automatic when I left home at 17.
I used to keep my passion a secret and thought I was the only washer nut until I happened on this site in 2005. Since then I haven't looked back, people still take the mick about my fascination and I am still not "out" to everyone but I love the fact that I can visit here everyday and have made some great internet buddies. | ||
| Post# 538813 , Reply# 7 8/22/2011 at 15:12 (4,771 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea)) | ||
Well, TV wasn't all that good in 1953 and besides our Boxer the frontloader Westy with the window was the most animated thing in the house. Yes, I pulled a chair up to it and watched the entire cycle. It had no offbalance trip and could indeed leap into the air and dislodge internal parts. I quickly learned how to put them back and get it operating again. Then how to remove baby socks from the pump. Then how to replace the timer. I was 9 or 10 by then.
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| Post# 538825 , Reply# 8 8/22/2011 at 15:59 (4,771 days old) by georgect (Fairfield, CT) | ||
I used to sit in front of our (avocado green) Westinghouse front load washer when I was really young. They were a stacked washer dryer set.
I remembered when it kicked into spin, getting startled because it would make a loud clunk noise than the mesmerizing drone of the wash cycle. I loved that washer. It looked like the one in the link provided (with the same spring loaded door sound to)...listen for the loud clunk noise in the video at 3:45 (it always scared me) not enough to make me scared of it but to learn more about how it worked. CLICK HERE TO GO TO georgect's LINK | ||
| Post# 538924 , Reply# 9 8/23/2011 at 04:23 (4,770 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea)) | ||
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| Post# 539449 , Reply# 11 8/25/2011 at 08:20 (4,768 days old) by HotpointFan (United Kingdom) | ||
Hey Chris! | ||
| Post# 539485 , Reply# 12 8/25/2011 at 11:42 (4,768 days old) by aquarius8000 () | ||
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Great stories! Jacob what machines did you see? | ||
| Post# 539501 , Reply# 13 8/25/2011 at 13:16 (4,768 days old) by HotpointFan (United Kingdom) | ||
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Well...
I went to my aunt and uncles house and smashed up the Haier! They are getting an integrated Indesit. They also have a Creda Debonair Compact Dryer and a Zanussi Vented Dryer.
I was staying at a caravan which I think had a Zanussi Studio but I stupidly forgot to look! We went past an electrical shop and i saw some Gorenje and Beko machines. I also went to my grandparents house and saw their Optima. At a POWER store I saw the new White Knight Dryers and a weird last generation Hotpoint with only 1000 rpm!? I have enclosed a link. Take care Jacob CLICK HERE TO GO TO HotpointFan's LINK | ||
| Post# 539572 , Reply# 14 8/25/2011 at 18:21 (4,768 days old) by zanussi_lover (Nottingham, UK) | ||
i remember
going into co-op department store in 1990 with my mum and looking at all the old Grey Zanussi Washing Machines and Dryers,
Memories of 1991 (aged 3), when our early 80s creda debonair with a chrome door broke down, as sparks flew at the plug, so we opted for a Hoover Electronic 1100 from a second hand shop :) and we used to use Kwiksave no Frills washing powder. Radio rentals, when we decided to get a Whirlpool washing machine on finance in 1993. going to my mums college (my mum was in her early 20s) and asking ladies what washing machine they had, many said Hoover and Hotpoint and when i was at primary school going to see Wendy, who worked at the local launderette (the one i go to occasionally to dry clothes) and i used to help out with the washing. Best memory, was doing washing with my grandma, and pouring in a cup of Persil automatic in her Bendix, before she turned the dial to 95 (washing teatowels) | ||
| Post# 539574 , Reply# 15 8/25/2011 at 18:29 (4,768 days old) by aegokocarat (United Kingdom) | ||
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ive got loads!!lol i wont say anything as w dont have all night lol. i have Autistic spectrum dissorder so my "Thing" is washing machines :) | ||
| Post# 539663 , Reply# 16 8/26/2011 at 02:17 (4,768 days old) by HotpointFan (United Kingdom) | ||
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Tom | ||
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